Deborah Coonts (born Deborah Buell) is an American novelist and lawyer best known for her Lucky O'Toole Las Vegas Adventures series of romantic, humorous mystery novels.^[1]

Coonts grew up in Dallas, Texas, where she attended the Hockaday preparatory school. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, and received a Master's degree in small business finance from the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, a Master of Laws in taxation from New York University School of Law, and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.^[2]

Coonts was admitted to the Texas Bar Association in 1989^[3] and practiced tax law in Colorado after being admitted to its bar in 1990.^[4]

While still practicing law, she wrote for Aviation for Women magazine from 1999 to 2005.^[5]

Her first book, Wanna Get Lucky?, was included in The New York Times "Notable Crime Books of 2010"^[6] and was a double finalist for the Romance Writers of America's 2011 RITA award in the categories of "Best First Book" and "Novel With Strong Romantic Elements."^[7] Lucky Bastard, fourth in the Lucky O'Toole series, was released by Forge Books in May 2013^[4] and was a Denver Post bestseller in June 2013.^[8]

An essay by Coonts was included in the anthology Fade, Sag, Crumble: Ten Las Vegas Writers Confront Decay, published by CityLife Books in 2011.^[9]

In a 2012 interview with The Big Thrill magazine, Coonts said her debut series is based in Las Vegas because "the whole world wanders through Vegas. The stories are endless."^[10]

Coonts is a licensed commercial pilot and instrument rated flight instructor in single-engine land and sea planes. She lives in Las Vegas and has one son.^[11] She was married to novelist Stephen Coonts.^[12]

• Wanna Get Lucky? (June 2015) (ISBN 978-0985792589)
• Lucky Stiff (July 2015) (ISBN 978-0996571203)
• So Damn Lucky (July 2015) (ISBN 978-0996571210)
• Lucky Bastard (July 2015) (ISBN 978-0996571227)
• Lucky Catch (June 2015) (ISBN 978-0985792596)
• Lucky Break (November 2015) (ISBN 978-0996571272)
• Lucky the Hard Way (November 2016) (ISBN 978-1944831820)
• Lucky Ride (June 2017) (ISBN 978-1944831752)
• Lucky Score (February 2018) (ISBN 978-1944831646)
• Lucky Ce Soir (February 2019) (ISBN 978-1944831592)
• Lucky Enough (May 2020) (ISBN 978-1944831011)

• 90 Days to Score (October 2020) (ISBN 978-1944831066)

• After Me (December 2016) (ISBN 978-1944831813)
• Deadfall (November 2020) (ISBN 978-1944831097)

• Deep Water (March 2017) (ISBN 978-1944831974)
• Crushed (February 2016) (ISBN 978-0996571296)
• The Housewife Assassin Gets Lucky (August 2018) (ISBN 978-0692150924)
• Lucky Double (April 2017) (ISBN 978-1944831738)
• The Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure Boxset 1 (March 2018) (ISBN 978-1944831653)
• The Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure Boxset 2 (March 2018) (ISBN 978-1944831691)
• The Complete Lucky O’Toole Novella Collection (January 2018) (ASIN B078TNN7D2)

• Lucky In Love (June 2015) (ASIN B00ZNGJ066)
• Lucky Bang (June 2015) (ASIN B00ZNGJA48)
• Lucky Now and Then (June 2015) (ASIN B00ZNGJDKY)
• Lucky Flash (September 2015) (ASIN B014VCCRS0)

• Fade, Sag, Crumble: Ten Las Vegas Writers Confront Decay (contributor, 2011) (ISBN 978-1932173796)

• Deborah Coonts' official site
• Publisher's author page
• Women in Aviation International - "A View From The Author's Table"